Anyone sued anyone on ebay?

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You didn't try and sue the guy straight after he pulled out of the deal and a court can see that you was happy to relist the item for sale again without any reserve which means you have started a new personal contract under Ebay terms of sale in selling the item to the highest bidder?

Why would any court think that you was now entitled to a higher price (or made a loss) when you yourself have agreed to sell the item again to the highest bidder without taking this issue to court first?
 
Ice Tea said:
You didn't try and sue the guy straight after he pulled out of the deal and a court can see that you was happy to relist the item for sale again without any reserve which means you have started a new personal contract under Ebay terms of sale in selling the item to the highest bidder?

Why would any court think that you was now entitled to a higher price (or made a loss) when you yourself have agreed to sell the item again to the highest bidder without taking this issue to court first?
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Because court action is a last resort and claimants are expected to mitigate their losses before going down this route.
 
Energize said:
That's because you don't understand how the county court system operates, financial disputes get settled and only if the person acts like a total ass does a CCJ get issued and only then if they fail to comply with it does it affect their credit rating.

I have used ebay for over 10 years and people have cancelled for various reasons such as financial issues which I'm fine with, people have cancelled for less legitimate reasons but we have come to reasonable agreements. But never before has someone cancelled because they decided to buy a different product, caused a significant financial loss and then tried to profit from the situation before. All reasonable attempts at settling this have been ignored.
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You used the word impression but your opening post makes it clear your main objective is to destroy this guy in some way.
 
Energize said:
caused a significant financial loss
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No you haven't, you didn't lose any money. If whatever you were selling was worth the amount they were going to pay, you could have sold it at that again. They haven't deprived you of selling the item nor have they reduced it's value.
 
Energize said:
Because court action is a last resort and claimants are expected to mitigate their losses before going down this route.
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And you have failed to mitigate your loss by not placing a reserve on the auction that you are happy with.

The item is not damage, it is still in your possession, you have suffered no loss.
 
Not sure why you think a court will decide you have suffered financial consequences, because you haven’t.
 
OP wants to make a CCJ claim but is relying on the defender not responding and defending himself. I bet you'll crap yourself if the defender does respond to the claim and asks for the case to be transferred to his local county court for defending.

Just because you got away with in twice in the past, doesn't mean it will this time especially when the defendant doesn't actually owe you anything and the matter had already been sorted as per eBay terms.
 
The OP is lying in saying he doesn’t want to hurt the guy and doing this in bad faith, no wonder the court is all blocked up if people use it this way.
 
LeeUK said:
OP wants to make a CCJ claim but is relying on the defender not responding and defending himself. I bet you'll crap yourself if the defender does respond to the claim and asks for the case to be transferred to his local county court for defending.

Just because you got away with in twice in the past, doesn't mean it will this time especially when the defendant doesn't actually owe you anything and the matter had already been sorted as per eBay terms.
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That's the crux of it. Both parties signed up to a set of terms. Ebay has arbitrated between the two already based on those terms which both have accepted in their using of the site. The OP's claim likely will get rejected on that basis alone. We haven't even got into the finer details of law around auction sites vs auction houses (which are different) and consumer law etc. I reckon Aston Villa have more chance staying up than the OP of being successful, unless this other person is a real dimwit, which is always possible.
 
The more the OP continues his ridiculous stance about court proceedings over an ebay sale, the more I geuinely worry about the way society is heading....

This has to be a wind up now surely??

Energize said:
It's shameful the way they are profiting from the Coronavirus situation by cutting streaming bitrates, their bitrates were already very poor for 1080p and 4k content compared to Blu-ray. They are practically approaching SD quality. I have unsubscribed from the service for the duration where I am not getting the service I was paying for.
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@Energize - I presume you are also sueing Netflix for their downgraded quality during the COVID19 crisis??
 
Surveyor said:
You used the word impression but your opening post makes it clear your main objective is to destroy this guy in some way.
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Yes I realise now that I gave members too much credit in assuming they understood how county court disputes work.

MadMan-JaMeS said:
If the original buyer, paid the same price as the person you sold it to. Would you of been happy ? @Energize
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Possibly, it would have avoided the fees I incurred and would have shown some attempt at good faith, obviously I can't go into specific details but there is more to this particular buyer than just changing their mind.

MrRockliffe said:
@Energize

I think that suing someone for pulling out of a sale is a bit unfair - people are allowed to change their minds no?

Is everything okay at the moment? PM me if you want to chat :)
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Well the terms of the auction state that the winning bidder must pay and multiple strikes will lead to removal of their account, the terms of a private sale don't legally allow people to change their minds after the fact, but I usually do make concessions.

I appreciate the offer, might take you up on it at some point when is there not something going on? Haha. :)
 
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Energize said:
Yes I realise now that I gave members too much credit in assuming they understood how county court disputes work.
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Why would they it's not exactly a common hobby for most people to get involved in, so people are basing their view on your statement about not caring if they pay you just want to tarnish their credit rating.

The response you've received therefore seems pretty reasonable.

It sounds a little like you're back peddling now you're feeding us little "there's more to it" snippets.
 
Energize said:
Yes I realise now that I gave members too much credit in assuming they understood how county court disputes work.
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I understand how County Courts work for this type of claim so stop being patronising.

It's your intended use of the court system as a means "to destroy this guy's credit rating" that I have an issue with.
 
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